GAWN Job Trends

GIAC Assessing and Auditing Wireless Networks (GAWN)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for GAWN qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 651 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing GAWN 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.002% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.006% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,804 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,922 - -
75th Percentile £54,039 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

GAWN falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17,527 19,686 16,413
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.48% 29.23% 31.11%
Number of salaries quoted 7,815 7,989 11,166
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,500 £42,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +0.87% +2.68%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,510 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.62% +4.76% +5.00%

GAWN
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing GAWN relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

GAWN job vacancy trend in the UK

GAWN
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing GAWN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing GAWN

GAWN
Top 1 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GAWN within the UK over the 6 months to 12 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England - 1 £52,922 -

GAWN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) SEO Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) SEO
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) GCIH
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) GREM
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) YouTube